Deutsch homophones
fahnden/fanden
"fanden" (#1,591 written frequency) beats "fahnden" (#49,647) in this 2-word /ˈfaːndn̩/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈfaːndn̩/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "fanden" leads at #1,591, with "fahnden" trailing at #49,647.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "fa" then splits - "fahnden" (7 letters) vs "fanden" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across fahnden, fanden: adefn. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
fahnden
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCVC
Inventory adefhn · private h
fanden
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory adefn · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "fahnden" when you mean: (jemanden, etwas) polizeilich suchen (zwecks Verhaftung oder Beschlagnahme)
- Write "fanden" when you mean: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs finden
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.